[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REAUTHORIZE THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, Congress is engaged in a vigorous debate 
about national trade policy, but no matter where you stand on the 
Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Export-Import Bank is one trade program 
that we should all get behind.
  After all, this is a Federal agency that operates at no cost to 
taxpayers and whose sole purpose is to create jobs by helping American 
manufacturers increase exports.
  The Export-Import Bank provides loans to help American businesses 
compete against foreign companies that receive subsidies from their 
governments, and it provides credit to facilitate the sale of American 
goods abroad.
  Since 2009, the Export-Import Bank has helped dozens of businesses in 
western New York export nearly $100 million in goods and has helped 
create or sustain 1.3 million jobs across this Nation.
  A number of local business leaders, including Barre Banks, the owner 
of Midland Machinery in Tonawanda, have reached out to my office to 
share their stories of success with the Bank and to warn against its 
expiration.
  I urge the majority to stand with American businesses, protect 
American jobs, and reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.

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